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Hundreds of thousands urged to evacuate as heavy rain hits southern Japan
Jul 01, 2019 07:58Torrential rain pounded Japan's southwestern major island of Kyushu on Monday, hitting 14 inches in 24 hours in one area and triggering landslides and highway closures, with more than 800,000 people urged to evacuate.
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Trump calls for revising 'unfair' US-Japan military treaty in meeting with Abe
Jun 29, 2019 09:51US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized a decades-old military treaty with Japan as “unfair,” says he told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the latest meeting that the deal needs to be revised.
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Iran to US: Why not save your hype for Israel nukes?
Jun 26, 2019 08:32Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has censured the US president for turning a blind eye to the Israeli regime’s nuclear arsenal while accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
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Iranian commander lauds Leader’s refusal to respond to Trump
Jun 17, 2019 02:37Iranian Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari described Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s refusal to respond to US President Donald Trump’s message as a source of pride for Iran.
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‘Japan dismisses US claim that Iran attacked tankers’
Jun 16, 2019 04:01Japanese officials say Tokyo has dismissed a claim by the United States that Iran attacked two oil tankers — both of them carrying “Japanese-related” cargo — in the Sea of Oman.
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Iran retains Asian sitting volleyball championship title
Jun 16, 2019 01:15Iran’s Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team has retained its Para-Volley Asia-Oceania title in Thailand.
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Video: Iran saves crewmembers of tanker hit in Sea of Oman
Jun 14, 2019 01:54A new video posted by the website of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) shows crewmembers of a tanker hit earlier on Thursday by a suspicious blast in the Sea of Oman, after they are rescued by Iranian relief teams.
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Iranian spokesman voices concern about “suspicious” tanker incident in Oman Sea
Jun 14, 2019 01:45Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi voiced concern about a suspicious incident involving two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman which occurred during Japanese prime minister’s meeting with Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran.
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Leader to Japan PM: Trump not worthy of exchanging messages with
Jun 13, 2019 04:26Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei dismisses US President Donald Trump as a person not worthy of a response.
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Iran’s foreign minister meets with his visiting Japanese counterpart
Jun 13, 2019 00:07Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and conferred with his visiting Japanese counterpart Taro Kono in Tehran on Wednesday.